Roger Peace
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Dear colleagues and friends, The search for truth has been front and center in Congress of late. Hearings have been held probing conspiratorial plots to overturn the 2020 election results and to foment an insurrection on January 6, 2021. Truth-telling in matters of foreign policy is rarer but not absent. In 2004, one year after…
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Clio, the Greek Muse of History, prepares to record the next chapter of U.S. history (Udo Keppler 1899, adapted) Three new essays have been added to the U.S. Foreign Policy History & Resource Guide website: “Introduction: The Fifth Estate,” “The U.S. and World War II,” and “Africa and the War on Terror.” The website, now…
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The post-Cold War era was a time of missed opportunities. On December 8, 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev presented a challenge to the world community to create a new world order based on cooperation rather than domination. “ The formula for development at another’s expense is becoming outdated,” he told the United Nations General Assembly. …
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For a sober perspective on the “endless” Afghan War, see General Joseph Votel’s op-ed article in the New York Times (Dec. 12). He writes: “The war has exacted an overwhelming cost: 1,892 American military personnel killed in action and 20,529 wounded, about a trillion dollars spend, the psychological and emotional impact on veterans and…
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Few people today even know that there was a robust GI Movement, or that it had grown so large by 1971 that the Pentagon felt it was necessary to begin pulling ground troops out. The book and the exhibit, both called Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War, is much more…
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“The Shutdown Is Trump’s Ultimate Attack on American Intellectual Life” By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Washington Post, posted January 24. The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin. “Why Is the Doomsday Clock Set at 2 Minutes to Midnight?” By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted January 24. The author is a professor emeritus of…
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“The Collapse of the ‘War on Terror’ Paradigm” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted January 2, 2019. The author teaches Middle East history at the University of Michigan. “C.I.A.’s Afghan Forces Leave a Trail of Abuse and Anger” By Mujib Mashal, New York Times, posted December 31, 2018. A detailed account of one aspect…
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“A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted December 20. The author teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan. “The War in Afghanistan Isn’t a ‘Stalemate.’ The U.S. Has Lost” By Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, posted December 19. The author is a professor…
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U.S. Participation in World War I The United States today appears to be on a permanent war footing. U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan and Iraq in a never-ending “nation-building” project. The U.S. conducts covert and overt military operations throughout the Greater Middle East and Africa. The U.S. maintains about 800 military bases in over 70…
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Truth may be the first casualty of war, but it never dies. Truth can be revived. Lies and deceptions need not stand for an eternity. The U.S. Foreign Policy History & Resource Guide website – alias “peace history” – is dedicated to telling the truth, methodically unpacking unspoken assumptions, deceptions, and “fake news” about U.S. wars…